¹¶ Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. He Himene na Rawiri. E Ihowa, kua tirotirohia ahau e koe, kua mohiotia ano e koe.

¹Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me.

²E matau ana koe ki toku nohoanga iho, ki toku whakatikanga ake; e mohio ana koe ki oku whakaaro i tawhiti.

²You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.

³E kitea putia ana e koe toku ara me toku takotoranga iho; e matatau ana hoki koe ki oku ara katoa.

³You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.

⁴Kahore rawa hoki he kupu i toku arero, i toe i a koe te mohio, e Ihowa.

⁴For there is not a word on my tongue, but, behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether.

⁵Kua hanga a muri, a mua, oku e koe: kua pa ano tou ringa ki ahau.

⁵You hem me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me.

⁶He mea whakamiharo rawa, kei tawhiti atu hoki i ahau, tenei matauranga: kei runga noa atu, e kore e taea e ahau.

⁶This knowledge is beyond me. It’s lofty. I can’t attain it.

⁷¶ Me haere ahau ki hea i tou wairua? Me oma ranei ahau ki hea i tou aroaro?

⁷Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence?

⁸Ki te kake ahau ki te rangi, kei reira koe: ki te wharikitia e ahau toku moenga i roto i te reinga, kei reira ano koe.

⁸If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. , behold, you are there!

⁹Ki te tango ahau ki nga pakau o te ata, a ka noho ki nga topito o te moana;

⁹If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea;

¹⁰Kei reira ano tou ringa hei arahi i ahau, tou matau hei pupuru i ahau.

¹⁰Even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.

¹¹Ki te mea ahau, He pono, tera ahau e hipokina e te pouri, a ko te marama i tetahi taha oku, i tetahi taha, ka meinga he po;

¹¹If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; the light around me will be night”;

¹²Ahakoa te pouri kahore e huna mai i a koe, engari ka marama te po ano ko te ao: ki a koe rite tahi te pouri me te marama.

¹²even the darkness doesn’t hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.

¹³I a koe hoki oku whatumanawa: nau hoki ahau i hipoki i roto i te kopu o toku whaea.

¹³For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

¹⁴Ka whakawhetai ahau ki a koe; he mea whakawehi, he mea whakamiharo toku hanganga; he mahi whakamiharo au mahi, mohio rawa ano toku wairua ki tena.

¹⁴I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.

¹⁵Kihai i huna oku wahi i a koe, i ahau e hanga ngarotia ana, e ata whakairohia ana i nga wahi hohonu rawa o te whenua.

¹⁵My frame wasn’t hidden from you, when I was made in secret, woven together in the depths of the earth.

¹⁶I kite ou kanohi i ahau, kahore ano kia ahua noa: i tuhituhia katoatia ano hoki oku wahi ki tau pukapuka, i nga rangi i whakaahua ai, i te mea kahore ano tetahi i oti noa.

¹⁶Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them.

¹⁷¶ Kia pehea mai hoki te matenui o ou whakaaro ki ahau, e te Atua; koia ano te ranea, ina huihuia!

¹⁷How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is their sum!

¹⁸Ki te taua e ahau, maha atu i te onepu: ka oho ake ahau, kei a koe tonu ahau.

¹⁸If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.

¹⁹He pono ka patua e koe, e te Atua, te tangata kino: mawehe koia atu i ahau, e nga tangata toto.

¹⁹If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!

²⁰He kino hoki a ratou kupu mou: e whakahua noa ana ou hoariri i tou ingoa.

²⁰For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain.

²¹Kahore ianei ahau, e Ihowa, e kino ki te hunga e kino ana ki a koe? e whakarihariha hoki ki te hunga e whakatika ana ki a koe?

²¹Yahweh, don’t I hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you?

²²He tino kino taku kino ki a ratou: waiho iho ratou e ahau hei hoariri moku.

²²I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies.

²³Tirohia iho ahau, e te Atua, kia matau hoki koe ki toku ngakau: whakamatautauria ahau, kia matau hoki koe ki oku whakaaro:

²³Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.

²⁴Kia kite mehemea kei ahau tetahi ara o te kino, ka arahi ai i ahau i te ara pumau.

²⁴See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.